Usability evaluation with tasks characterized by the information search process

• Published in: Electronic library Vol. 34; no. 4; pp. 572 - 587
• Main Authors: Ma, Cuichang, Cao, Shujin, Gu, Tinghua
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Oxford Emerald Group Publishing Limited 01.08.2016
• Subjects: Computers; Digital libraries; Digital systems; Electronic Libraries; Human-computer interaction; Information Management; Information retrieval; Information seeking behavior; Information storage; Information Systems; International Organizations; Knowledge; Librarians; Literature Reviews; Program Evaluation; Proposal Writing; Search process; Search strategies; Studies; Theory; University students; Usability; User satisfaction; China; Evaluation; Information seeking behaviours; Usability engineering; Digital libraries

Purpose The purpose of this study is to present an approach to evaluating the usability of digital libraries in terms of knowledge states within the information search process (ISP) by investigating the connections among components with which users interact, perceived usability and task stages. The...